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Orlando, Florida, may be known as the epicenter of family vacations, thanks to a cluster of popular theme parks that includes Disney World, SeaWorld and Universal Studios. But Orlando also is home base for several day fishing charter outfits that offer trips in the many nearby lagoons and lakes as well as in the Atlantic Ocean, off Point Canaveral and Cocoa Beach, some 50 miles to the east. Guests need to purchase their own Florida fishing licenses, but in most cases all equipment is included.

Lagooner Fishing Guides

Lagooner Fishing Guides offers day fishing charters throughout the Orlando area. Popular day trips include inshore fishing trips in such shallow water lagoons as the Indian River Lagoon, the Banana River Lagoon and the Mosquito Lagoon. The latter is one of the cleanest saltwater estuaries in the state, about 23 miles long and separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a tiny spit of land. Lagoon charters typically bring in sea trout and redfish. Fishing equipment is provided. Eight-hour day trips start at $450, as of April 2010, for up to three adults or two adults and two kids. Lagooner Fishing Guides P.O. Box 1920 Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 321-868-4953 lagooner.com

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Central Florida Sight Fishing Charters

Central Florida Sight Fishing Charters caters to Orlando visitors by offering light tackle or fly-fishing day charters near town on the inshore salt waters of the Mosquito Lagoon and the Indian River Lagoon. The lagoons, ringed with beaches, docks and banks lined with mangroves, have year-round flats fishing for redfish, trout and black drum, with seasonal opportunities to catch such other varieties as snook, grouper, snapper, tarpon, jack crevalle, pompano and ladyfish. All rods, tackle, bait and other equipment are provided. Six-hour day trips, for up to two anglers, are $350 as of April 2010; the eight-hour trips are $425. Central Florida Sight Fishing Charters One A. Max Brewer Parkway Titusville, FL 32780 321-229-2848 floridafishinglessons.com

Hawg Hunter Guide Service

Hawg Hunter Guide Service offers day fishing charters as near to Orlando as 15 minutes, on Lake Tohopekaliga, as well as such other nearby lakes as Lake Kissimmee, Butler Chain, Conway Chain, Walk in Water and Stick Marsh (and its Farm 13 fishery). Lake Toho, as it's known, is a shallow 18,000-acre lake with all sorts of water plants that provide great hiding areas for fish, and is the scene of frequent fishing tournaments. Hawg Hunter specializes in guided bass-fishing tours; all rods, tackle, bait and other fishing equipment are included, as are lessons if needed. Full-day charters, which run from dusk to dawn, are $499 for two people as of April 2010; shorter, eight-hour trips are $350. Hawg Hunter also offers six-, four- and even two-hour trips. Hawg Hunter Guide Service 888-629-2277 hawghunter.net

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Thomas K. Arnold is publisher and editorial director of "Home Media Magazine" and a regular contributor to "Variety." He is a former editorial writer for U-T San Diego. He also has written for "San Diego Magazine," "USA Today" and the Copley News Service. Arnold attended San Diego State University.

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